Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness Racing Victoria can splice the replay of the Vic Cup as much as they like, but until they coordinate with the naming sponsor of the Melton Paceway, it isn’t going to achieve anything other than raising questions about why they did it. The TAB have the full replay up. This is the vital bit, […]
Watch this. It’s the last 250m of the Group 1 Victoria Cup on Saturday night, replicated directly from the official replay of the race published on the Harness Racing Victoria and Harness Racing Australia websites. What you are seeing is the fastest 250m ever run in the entire world history of harness racing. It will […]
See that red post in the picture? That is a marker post that the start of the sprint lane. This is a still frame of the field at the top of the home straight as they prepare to charge to the line in the $300 000 Group 1 Victoria Cup, worth $171 000 to […]
This is not Chris Alford’s fault, and is probably just coincidence all round, but literally two seconds after he had breached the rules by entering the sprint lane early on Max Delight, driver Josh Aiken on Malcom’s Rhythm appears to look momentarily to his right to see what is coming down the outside, and then […]
In the wake of the hugely successful new Constellation series run during the Winter Carnival harness racing in Queensland looks all bright, shiny and sparkling, but beneath the smiling veneer hides a horrible truth. That truth is that Queensland harness racing is not far from the brink of financial collapse. The annual report published by […]
The all conquering Emma Steward stable had 14 runners across five Group races for 2 and 3-year-old pacers run at Bendigo last night. Fiver were in the Victorian Oaks. They finished 1-2-3-5-7. Four were in the Derby. They ran 1-3-4-11. Three were in the 2YO Home Grown Classic for fillies. They finished 1-2-3. The remaining […]
I’m Spiderman. Maggie and I are off to Hamilton Island for the week with the winnings. I hope Bonno has left enough in the kick to pay the rent. It’s cold at night down there at night in the parks of Melbourne I am told. Race 1 – Struve SECOND An absolute tragedy beaten. If […]
I am very sorry to hear about Shane Loone’s health issues, and sincerely wish him good luck and a full recovery, or long remission with a good quality of life at least. Having empathy for a fellow human being’s condition and compassion for their plight does not however mean that one should change one’s views […]
It’s a huge night of all group racing at Bendigo tonight. It seems weird running the Vic Cup and the Classics in the country rather than town, but in these cursed times of COVID you’ve got to take a great race meeting whenever you can find it, and this is one. Buckle in and enjoy […]
Will there one day be a statue of the Terror next to the Tornado in Paleface Park, Temora? You just never know. The Temora Terror is out of the finals series of the Breeder’s Challenge. Brilliant two-year-old pacer Mister Rae – the unbeaten rapidly emerging cult hero from the home town of the great Paleface […]
